Mounting strip for metal tiles



Feb. 23, '1932. w. M. GQLDSMITH 1,846,196

MOUNTING STRIP FOR METAL TILES Filed Jan. 4, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l@thump Feb- 23 1932. w. M. GoLnsMlTH 1,846,195

MOUNTING STRIP FR METAL TILES Filed Jan. 4. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2In/vento@ Wham/14. Goldsmih,

Patented Feb. 23, 1932 `"WILLIAM:

M. GLDSMITH, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGN'OR TO THE GOLDSMITH"METAL LATECOMPANY, F CINGINNAT, OHIO, .l CREORAT'ION OF OHIO IOUNTING STRIP FRMETAL TILES Application ined January 4, i927. serial No. 158,990.

y M kinds of floors.

Another object of this invention is to pro? vide a strip which may beeconomically manutactured and which may be nested so that it occupies aminimum of space during storage or shipment.

Another object is to provide a mounting strip or' the class referred towhich is readily removable and which, when removed exposes thelongitudinal straight edges of the tile so that they may be readilygripped for removing and re-use.

These and other objects are attained by the means described herein anddisclosed in the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device ot the invention in operativeform in a concrete floor under construction, the proportions of the viewbeing somewhat exaggerated in order `to clearly set forth the invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the mounting "strip of the invention.

Fig. 3 is a fragmental end elevation of a concrete iioor constructionhavingembodied therein a modified form of the device of the invention.

Fig. 4 is a ragmental end elevation of a concrete floor constructionhaving embodied therein another modified form of the device of theinvention.

The mounting strip 4 of the invention comprises a strip of sheet metalbent longitudinally upon itself as at 5 for providing a body 6 havingflange 7 extending at right angles thereto on one side of the body. Thebody (i is bent at 8 in longitudinal parallelism to the bend 5 forproviding a Iiange 9 disposed at an acute angle to the body 6 andterminating in a straight longitudinal edge l0 Which lies in commonplane'with the bottom flat tace 1l otl the iange T. y

:in constructing a concrete floor the usual shoring l2 and stringere 'i3are set up` for supporting sohts la. IThe mounting strips 4 may besimply and expeditiously positioned upon the top of soli'its la with thereeedge l5 of the ila-nge ot the strips aligned With the edges oilE thesoiits, or With a suitable guide line on the top tace ot' said so'iits.The strips l are secured `to the sol'hts by toe-nailing. Nails i6 aredriven through the flange 7 and for a distanceinto the soliits lll. Aportion of each nail 16 is permitted to extend above 5 and in abutmentwith thebody 6 of the strip. The nails 16 are slightly spaced from thebody 6 so that the side members oi the tiles are securely positioned`against lateral movement.

It should be noted `that the practically self aligning, since, as shownat the left of Fig. l, strip 4: may be secured and a second strip ilslightly over-lapped` and nested over the body and iange 9 thereof.Additional strips may likewise be nailed and set with little dilticultyby over-lapping adjacent edges thereof and toe-nailing said strips withthe nails 16.

After the strips t have been secured in aligned rows upon soliits lllWorkmen may very rapidly seat the straightedged metal tiles 18 upon thestrips et, at the edges of adjacent soiiits. This labor-requires noskill strips 4l arev `the ilange so that the straight' edge 17 of themetal tile Ai8 may be seated upon the flange or painstaking eilort, andthe tiles are immediately ready to receive the concrete 19.

The concrete is spread over the tops ot the y tiles and enters thespaces between the sides oi adjacent tiles to provide the usual concretebeams 20; It will be readily understood that reinforcing rods ot' anysuitable type may be positioned above the soiits by any suitable orapproved method. Vhen the floor comprising the concrete 19 and beams 2Ois intended to have a ceiling suspended therefrom, any approved type ofhanger or suspending means may be positioned upon the soits 14 prior tothe pouring of the concrete. When the wet concrete in a kplastic statecovers the tiles and soflits, any tendency toward outward spreading ofthe side walls of a given tile is transmitted to the body 6 of thestripand downwardly against the edgeof the sott.. through theflange9i`This pressurecauses the longitudinal edge 10 of the flange 9 to cut intothe face of the sottit and thus prevent slippagefo-f th'eistriptransversely oft-hie soifiti This grippinvaction ofthe edged() 4of-'thestrip on the sofit renders it unnecessary to drive the nails 16 homethrough the-flangev 4 so that the protrudingportions Aof the nails 16may serve to position the strips and at the same time effectively hold.thef sidewalls of.v the tiles-"against: movement toward one. an. other.Vhen the concrete19 has-set, the shoring 12 and stringers 13 are removedwhere- ;upon thesoltlts 14 .mayV be very7 easily. pulled down..Thestrips bare removed,l with the" soliits while thetiles18-are exposedalong` the bottom straightedges 17. As will be.

noted at t'he rightV handside of Fig. 1, the.

.concrete beam 20uis tapered olfslightly; at-4 its bottonredges so thata longitudinal wayv 21.is formed between. thel side Wallof .the .tileand thebottomiofthe bfeam 20'.. The way or space. 21 provides readyaccessV to .thebot-` tom vedges of the. tiles so thatitheymaybe.

easilygripped and pulled from the ioor .with-j out damagingthetiles.

The nails. lflmay be removed from ther solfits after/which both the`strips-.4 andthe Uf: tiles 18 maybenested for convenient storageorremoval `'and 'subsequent re-use.

In the modified forni of 'strip' shown in Fig.y 3, the flat flange isomitted; so that thev strip comprises aV shaped element having ,a-body 6and Vianfge. 9. `Perforations 22 are providedt atintervalsalong thetopedge 8 of thestripi for. receiving `nails 23 which 'arey driven.`.into thesotiits 14. The heads 24,0f nails.23-.serve\ to` bindlthesitripssecurely to Vthe so'fits. with the.- free` :lon 'tudinal :edges10i and 25. Iabut+y ting said sofs. lVhen these stripsare posi; tionedas shown in Fig 3 .with the bfody 6 .in.-. a substantiallyvertical.position.,K .the sidewall offstraight edgedmetaltile. 18 is`positioned in abutment'with the. body6 vofthe strip and restsupon thetop' facev of soits y14;.V Nailsl 16l maybe employed Vfor toefnailingtheside. wallof-the metaltile against lateral .movement awa-y from thebody.- 6..of..theL stri-p,Y Aftera concrete mass has been poured and*haslset over. astructure suchas is shown .in-1

` F 3,l the supporting. structure -may bieres moved, whereupon thesotits 14 may bepu-lledl down. together with the.. strips attached;thereto.

In =the modification shown. inKV Fig. 4,.,the fiat-.flange 7 is turnedupwardlyfto. provide a rib .'26substantially. parallel with the bodyV6.v This structure provides a Ushaped 'groove 27.in Whichthewbottomstra-ghtiedge offan used with?. eaclr of the: strips.` showrrthereina.

and... that.' such i stripsareeremoved 'l with the soihts. After theremoval of the soiiits and strips-thefreeedgcs 17 of the metal tiles 18are exposed and readily accessible for convenientremoval.

It. will .be Iunderstood that. the. mounting strip as. shown# in .Fior l.may Ihavethesecuring nails passed!v through. suitable perforar. tionsprovided .along the. apex at:V the.` june-e, tion of the body and flangein the manner dis; closed .in Figs., S'andA. l

Wliatis claimed is:

of .mountinggstrips disposed 'in .parallelrows upon said., soiiits, eachmounting, stripcom-.

prising a flange for. seatingon. the sotits,..a

bOdy;

extending... upwardly; from said .iiangeg mentionedanges into. thesotlts andextend. lng, above. the...flanges in spacedfrelationto thebodies ofithe strips andstraightedged.

metal ,tiles spanningzthesparces betweensotlits ing. upon :the first,mentioned flanges Aof. theV stripsand positioned against vlateraldisplare` mentby the securinguneans andlthebodies of the strips. v

2.,.Inr a.. concrete yfloor'y structure the.. com*- binationoffaxsolfit. 4ash'eetmetal :strip com-y prising an uprightbodyrandlongitudinal flanges. extending, from: opposite edgesrof saidlbody, .oneof saidfianges being adapted 1: Inaf'concrete floor.structurethe:combi-` nation with spacedsuitably.supported solits,..

and having :the straight .edges thereofrestfv to restfiatnpon the soiiit.theothe-r.'ofsaid..`

lianges extending atan acute angle frointhe;

top of th'ebody.andhavingjts free long-itudi,y

nal edge resting uponthersoiiit, nails` extend'- ing through the rstmentionedflangerand: 115AV extending 4` therea'bover in spaced" relation:to the bodyA the top face ofthe Vflange, sides in abutment with .thebody ofthe strip and -the nails.

3, In a concretelioorlfinpthe course. of.con.

ltemporaryy struction, the combination offa support structure,parallelfrows. ofmounting strips on. the temporarylsuppvort structure,the. mounting.v strips.. comprising inclined walls,-`4

the rows -of .stripsfbeings paired,- ywith ltheein'- clined walls of.eac-h of said pairsof,stripszopsq posed 5to =one-. another; and ztilesbetween and abuttingadjacent mountingstripsiof adjacent f.

offthe striplfand.afstraiglrt edged. tile fhavingia longitudinal. edge,seating iupon! with its opposite.;

pairs of rows of such strips and forming with said inclined walls, joistmolds spacing the lower' ends of joists formed in the molds, from thelower edges ofthe tiles.

il, The combination with a temporary sup port structure of spaced pairsof mounting strips, on said support structure, the mount ing stripscomprising opposed inclined walls, and tiles between adjacent pairs ofmounting strips and forming with said inclined walls and supportstructure, a mold for aconcrete floor structure.

5. In a concrete floor structure the combination with a temporarysupporting structure, of mounting strips disposed in parallel rows uponsaid structure, each mounting strip comprising a flange for seating uponthe supporting structure, a body extending upwardly from said flange anda second flange disposed at an acute angle to the body and restingedgewise upon the supporting structure, means extending through thefirst mentioned flanges into the supporting structure and extendingabove the flanges and in opposed relation to the body of the strips, andstraight edged metal tiles spanning the space between the bodies of thealternate mounting strips and having the straight edges thereof restingupon the lirst mentioned flanges of the strips and positioned againstlateral displacement by the securing means and the bodies of the strips.

G. rlhe combination of a temporary support structure, parallel rows ofmounting strips disposed on said temporary support structure, eachmounting strip comprising an up standing portion and a Contact portion,the contact portion contacting upon the support structure, abutmentmeans at the edges of said mounting strips remote from the upstandingportions of the stri s, and inverted U shape tiles having the en s oftheir arms received between the upstanding portions of the strips andthe abutment means.

7. The combination of a temporary support structure, tiles spaced fromone another and supported by the temporary support structure, andmounting strips between adj acent tiles and having inclined walls, theupper ends of which inclined walls are disposed adjacent the tiles andthe lower ends of which inclined walls engage the temporary supportstructure for providing a mold on the temporary support structure.

8. The combination with a temporary support structure of spaced pairs ofmounting strips arranged in parallel rows on the supporting structure,the mounting strips each comprising a pair of upwardly converging arms,tiles between pairs of the mounting strips, the tiles having side wallsin Contact with and in substantial parallelism with an arm of each ofthe mounting strips between a which the tiles are disposed, and meansfor holding the mounting strips and tiles in assembled positions on thetempo ary structure.

9. In a mounting for inverted U-shaned tiles the combinationof asupportingsur `ace extending continuouslybeneath theedges of said tiles,a metal mounting strip comprising an elongated sheetmetal body having alongitudinal flange extending at right angles thereto from one face "ofthe body, ay second flange extending atan acute angle from the oppositefaceof said bodyfthe last mentioned liange having a supporting straightedge Adisposed in a common plane with the bottom face ofthe rightangledflange and adapted to position and support the body upon the supportingsurface and holding means extending betweenthe body and second flangeand into said supporting surface the body and second mentioned flange ofthe mounting strip being disposed along the exterior face of the tiles.

l0. ln a concrete floor structure the combination with spaced suitablysupported soflits, of mounting strips disposed in parallel rows uponsaid soffitaeach mounting strip com prising a flange for seating onthesollits, a body `extending upwardly from said flange, and a secondflange disposed at an acute angle to the body and resting edgewise uponthe soffits, securing' means vextending through the first mentionedflanges .i nto the soliits and extending aboveithe liangesl in spacedrelation to the bodies of the strips and elongated U- shape metal tilesspanning the spaces between sollits and having the longitudinal edgesthereof resting upon the first men tioned flanges of the strips andpositioned against lateral displacement by the securing means and thebodies of the strips.

l1. The combination of a supporting struc ture, rows of spaced parallelstrips, each strip comprising an upwardly extending body portion, aninclined flange extending divergingly downward from the upper edge ofthe body portion, a flange extending laterally from the lower edge ofthe body portion and an upwardly extending rib on the last mentionedflange for providing a groove or recess along said rib and lastmentioned flange, means for attaching the strips to the supportingstructure and inverted U-shape tiles extending between adjacent rows ofstrips and having their freel longitudinal edges received in the groovesalong the ribs, the outer surface ofthe tiles and the inclined flangestogether providing a mold, surface for establishing the contour of aplastic to be formed thereover.

l2. The combination of a temporary support structure, spaced pairs ofmounting strips on said support structure, the mounting stripscomprising upwardly converging members, means carried bythe supportstructure along the lower edge of one of said converging members andforming with said converging member, a pocket for the edges of invertedU-shape tiles, means for securing the mounting; Stripe on. the support.struc-tum and, intente@ Urshape tlesfhevingfthenfe @tienereceived,-v nthe, pokets, andspanning: the Spacesbetween adj acentpoketmhe sec 5 4ondof said conVe-rgingfmemberscooperating with; thetle forproviding.21l1 subetztntally Continuous mold Wall;

13,111. a. Concrete Hoor- Struture the; COUrSef Off; c0n.structon, theCombination OfiA lovsuitably supported s ots, zu sheet Inet-ali mountingstrip Comprsingfa, pair of spaced; anges, one oil-said ztngesrestngatupon; the sot, therothe1 ofsad flanges, resting upon the so-tandprovdingan upwardly -eX- 15 posed inclnedi face; on theInountng'nstrip, seourngf means, extending; through; the mountingstripiandnto ,the sotzfoli precluding dsplament thereof; andan invertedUfshape tilelhaqvingg-eaeh of-y its exterior sdej 20 Walls adjacent toand extending below the upper? edge ofvan inclined faceon mmountng stripandy supported-,by the sot, wher eby concrete maybe moldedover theinclinedl Vface Vofthe mounting strip and along the-side Wall of thetile extending above ,the Inountfv ing strip.-

In testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 28th dayof Decem-l ber, 1926. 0 l WILLIAM M..GOLDSMITH.

